This is my third hard reset and the first 2 times I was not that peeved at all but this time around I am quite pissed at this phone! I was careful with what I am installing and it was after getting the latest TMO update. Btw, I have TMOUS and stock (newer one). Anyway, I was not even doing anything at all when my phone froze, I was simply going to turn off the alarm (I use SPB Time).
Anyway, I soft reseted and it is stuck at the Stick Together screen. Tried many times and no luck so I just thought, wth, just hard reset.
The first two times I hard reseted, it was automatic since I got a message on my phone but this time there was no message so I decided to use the volume buttons and the end key button. The first time I tried it, I ended up with the tricolor screen and nothing. No message about 'this will erase blah blah.' I tried again several hours later and it finally gave me the message about pressing the volUP button to proceed with hard reset so I did. And after just TWO seconds, I saw RESTORE COMPLETE, press volUP to boot so I did and NOTHING. I am still stuck at the Tmobile Stick Together screen after reboot!!! I did this three times (volUP, endkey, hard reset, volUP) and it was always fast. I don't remember it being that fast before.
Can someone please just tell me what I can do to just get it work again? Does this mean I just bricked this frickin' phone??? I have not flashed a ROM (except perhaps to do the TMOUS update). Can I still make this work?
(I don't know where to post this so I apologize if this is the wrong one. But I thought since a lot of people are flashing their roms in this thread, someone have seen something similar to mine and can help).
I love this phone but this is ridiculous.
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k8sh said:
This is my third hard reset and the first 2 times I was not that peeved at all but this time around I am quite pissed at this phone! I was careful with what I am installing and it was after getting the latest TMO update. Btw, I have TMOUS and stock (newer one). Anyway, I was not even doing anything at all when my phone froze, I was simply going to turn off the alarm (I use SPB Time).
Anyway, I soft reseted and it is stuck at the Stick Together screen. Tried many times and no luck so I just thought, wth, just hard reset.
The first two times I hard reseted, it was automatic since I got a message on my phone but this time there was no message so I decided to use the volume buttons and the end key button. The first time I tried it, I ended up with the tricolor screen and nothing. No message about 'this will erase blah blah.' I tried again several hours later and it finally gave me the message about pressing the volUP button to proceed with hard reset so I did. And after just TWO seconds, I saw RESTORE COMPLETE, press volUP to boot so I did and NOTHING. I am still stuck at the Tmobile Stick Together screen after reboot!!! I did this three times (volUP, endkey, hard reset, volUP) and it was always fast. I don't remember it being that fast before.
Can someone please just tell me what I can do to just get it work again? Does this mean I just bricked this frickin' phone??? I have not flashed a ROM (except perhaps to do the TMOUS update). Can I still make this work?
(I don't know where to post this so I apologize if this is the wrong one. But I thought since a lot of people are flashing their roms in this thread, someone have seen something similar to mine and can help).
I love this phone but this is ridiculous.
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Try removing your memory card and doing hard reset. If that doesnt work try removing both memory card and your sim card and doing a hard reset. If that doesnt work try loading an original stock LEOIMG.nbh file onto your memory card and flashing from your memory card.
BTW, should be BOTH up and down volume keys and power button to get to hard reset screen. Then volume up to restore.
Hope that helps.
fhaines
fhaines said:
Try removing your memory card and doing hard reset. If that doesnt work try removing both memory card and your sim card and doing a hard reset. If that doesnt work try loading an original stock LEOIMG.nbh file onto your memory card and flashing from your memory card.
BTW, should be BOTH up and down volume keys and power button to get to hard reset screen. Then volume up to restore.
Hope that helps.
fhaines
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I did mean volume UP and DOWN. Anyway, I tried your suggestions but same result. Still stuck.
So I proceed as if I am updating to the newer T-Mobile version. I followed the steps posted here:
http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm54430.xml?
However, when it came to the part where I had to make sure I have active sync established, I actually could not tell as it shows on my PC that I am not connected but at this point I really have nothing to lose. However, that said, in bootloader mode on my phone I see USB when I connect the phone to PC and then it reverts to SERIAL when I disconnect. So I thought, what the heck, it seems to be connected. AND VOILA, I was able to flash using TMO's updated ROM (the one I had just before all these mishap). WHEW! As much as I hate hard resets, I'd take it over bricking.
Thank God for TMo's excellent instructions on that site. I tried reading the instructions for flashing here and I just could not understand all these SPL, HARDSPL2 crap.
If I have to do another hard reset after I set this all up again I am going to scream!!!
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okay quick breakdown... I bought a Cingular 8525 unlocked this past saturday, and i love it! OKay so i loaded Resco Registry on the phone because i wanted to take away the start up image and the start up sound because it was annoying. So in doing so, i editted out the registry, and got rid of the annoying sound, and i used "splat.wav". and put a pic of my car up there. Now I restarted it, the device turns on, the device info shoes up with the AT&T Logo, and the wav file doesnt load, and my background image is there now, but it just stays there.. nothing happens after that. It just stays on that same screen. Did i just basically ruin my phone and in return got a very expensive paper weigh? Please let me know if there is a safe mode or something for me to revert these actions...
You might have deleted some registry entry or file that Windows Mobile needs. You can either figure out that these might be or just reinstall the ROM file.
You would lose any data that you saved to the phone UNLESS you saved the data to the Storage Card (MicroSD) Memory.
From your description, you have not bricked it.
You normally brick a phone when you get a 'No GSM' error or Missing IMEI and CID.
Good luck.
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You might have deleted some registry entry or file that Windows Mobile needs. You can either figure out that these might be or just reinstall the ROM file.
You would lose any data that you saved to the phone UNLESS you saved the data to the Storage Card (MicroSD) Memory.
From your description, you have not bricked it.
You normally brick a phone when you get a 'No GSM' error or Missing IMEI and CID.
Good luck.
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I agree it does not sound bricked so yeah a hard reset to reinstall ROM.
Mike
that's the problem. I try to re-flash it, with the latest cingular rom, but it doesnt boot up into windows. It just stays on that screen. =(
Ah.. that's different. Thought you had just changed a few reg entries. You will need the help of the ROM Gurus - that's not me!
Mike
yobeez said:
that's the problem. I try to re-flash it, with the latest cingular rom, but it doesnt boot up into windows. It just stays on that screen. =(
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You can hold down two buttons when powering it up and it will enter the flasher mode. I forget which two, but keep trying to hold down the "hard buttons" (buttons 1-5, not any on the keyboard) while powering it up or doing a soft reset. One combination will erase everything like a hard reset, the other combination will bring you into bootloader mode to get a flash going.
This worked on the wizard, and I swear I've done it once by accident on the Hermes.
the power button and the ok button
The power button on the right of the Hermes and the OK button on the left, just below the scroll wheel are what put it into flash mode.
thanks guys, i performed a hard reset and it now works... now i have to reinstall every piece of program that i had installed before.. THANKS!
Seems like my Wing hates to take the Touch-IT rom.. I've tried updating it several times (closely following the directions) and each time, it simply locks up and freezes while copying the data.. I've let it go for over an hour before giving up and reROMing to the T-Mo issued ROM.
Any advice?
I went back through the instructions, read everything (Hoping I missed a step) and I followed everything perfectly. I started with a clean RUU install, I copied and installed the cab, then soft reset. I ran the !_UPGRADE_ROM.bat file, and it hangs at "CopyFileToTFFS", forcing me to disconnect, boot into the ROM Loader mode, and reinstall the TMO Rom.
What in the world am I doing wrong? Do I need to CID unlock the phone first (Like the wizard)?
Edit: Is it normal to have a pop-up on the phone saying "Warning - Unknown Status"?
Maybe some more info might be of use..
IPL/SPL: 4.10.0000
Leave the "unknown status" popup alone. mine took about 12 minutes to complete. turn off any phone, data, wifi.
Takes me about 30 - 45 minutes. , but make sure to put the aregs.policies(sp?) zip file(open and installed) first, then do the flash. I've done it about 10 times on 3 different phones. It works!! One last note, make sure once your computer says successful (or something another blah blah blah), press and hold the two softkeys and then press the reset hole. do not let go of the soft keys until you see a screen that says "press green key to format", then your in business.
It took me like 3 hours to successfully get the touch it 2 on my phone...
THe CRUCIAL STEP TO GET IT ON THE PHONE IS TO HARD RESET AFTER DONE!!! I wasnt doing that and thats wat was messing me up! Hard reset by holding the two soft-keys (on top of talk,end buttons) and press in the little hole (under volume key) with your stylus...
should do the job!
Ive doing the touch it 2.3 mod, and its says it takes 6 -15 mins, mine has been on the copy file part for like 35 mins, and im afraid to touch it, can anyone help is it finished or not? please help ive got to go to work soon but im afraid to touch my phone lol.
Ok actually I jus unplugged it and it bricked, and ive done it now two times but it never gets passed copying the files or whatever, is there something that I am doing wrong, should i get like an app unlocking file or something before i try this, but I figure that since it is hard reset it wouldnt matter, anyways does anyone have any tips that can help Im really really getting frustrated.
Did you follow all the directions to the tee?
1. Copy Aserg's Policies.
2. Run Aserg's Policies.
3. POWER CYCLE the phone. (Press and hold the power button, NOT the softreset button.)
4. Place the phone into flight mode (or just kill the phone radio within your comm manager if you're using the stock comm manager.) Do this AFTER you have power cycled the mode. NOT before.
5. Run the flashing file.
Wait, don't press ANYTHING on the phone, even that error that WILL pop up.
When it tells you it's done, if it doesn't give you any errors, THEN hard reset by holding the two soft keys and pressing the softreset key, then pressing the send key. This are the directions. Follow them to a tee and it WILL work if you're using a ROM that corresponds to your device.
ive done everything to a tee, and still the same problem, i give
mine was doing the same thing, but eventually it worked... i bricked it a few times but then decided to leave it alone went to work came back and all was well
yea i think the same thing happened to me i decided to do it last night and when I woke up it was done but then i flubbed the hard reset, so i ont know if it truly worked its nice to know that someone else had the same problem, did u do it from the tylers kit, because in the kit he as to install aserg, cerp, and enablerapi all before installing touch.
You have to make sure that its in flight mode. If the phone is receiving or transmitting anything while the flash is in progress, its not going to finish and you'll be waiting there like a dummy. I have a fairly fast computer and it still took about 30 minutes. The only problem I can think of that is causing your flash to not finish is that its not in flight mode. There will be an error during this flash, just leave it be and let it finish. Once ready, perform a hard reset and the device will reset to your new rom. So if you ever decide in the future to do another hard reset, it will only reset to the new rom.
Finally success, it was wat IIDOM said, basically i just left on for about 3 hours woke up it was done, only quirks right now is that I cant setup my email accounts Im about to search now and see what i find, and i can access my wifi connections from comm manager, anyone know the work arounds for those two things atm>? Also really appreciate everyone's help
My Trinity is stuck at the hard reset screen where it says "Press SEND to restore factury default, press END to quit". I've tried to hard reset it as it told me to, but it's still stuck. I've also tried to flash it with a new ROM, but that's hard as it's unable to establish an activesync connection. Is there any way I can fix this myself ?
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My Trinity is stuck at the hard reset screen where it says "Press SEND to restore factury default, press END to quit". I've tried to hard reset it as it told me to, but it's still stuck. I've also tried to flash it with a new ROM, but that's hard as it's unable to establish an activesync connection. Is there any way I can fix this myself ?
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Have you got to the multi coloured screen after doing the hard reset (Power button+Camera button+soft reset)? If yes then you should be able to plug your Trinity into the PC and flash a Rom.
I had a similar problem while trying to flash a new rom and this worked for me. You could also try removing the battery for more than 3 secs then powering up and attempting the above tasks. Best of luck, most of all don't give up and keep searching the forums.
No, it just went back to the hard reset screen again. But I found out, I placed the buttons wrong when I changed them, so the two softbuttons were pressed all the time. It's fixed now.
ANYONE PRO one can help ME plz...........
Why My HTC WIZARD Not Enough battery energy is it will stuck back at hard reset ??
so i have a stock rooted a500 i got yesterday new.
have a problem..
10 minutes ago i was setting a wallpaper to a picture of my car. i cropped and set..wallpaper stayed black, so i did it again, still black. so i tried a different picture.
Crash
restarted, now stuck at lock screen, lock button doesnt slide, once you shut screen off, wont turn back on. clock doesnt move either. help?
Snag a paperclip
Hit that reset button.
Failing that, i'm at a loss. Never had anything remotely similar happen.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Hit that reset button.
Failing that, i'm at a loss. Never had anything remotely similar happen.
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niether have i, i have a custom evo. reset button only restarts it
i didnt flash recovery yet, though i can access the files via usb when its locked at lock screen, so im going to try adb push
Good move
Or you can always toss a full stock ROM image on microSD and flash without custom recovery.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Or you can always toss a full stock ROM image on microSD and flash without custom recovery.
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ok, adb sees no devices, so ill have to do it that way
where can i find a stock full rom for USA? seems full package links are dead
skullzaflare said:
where can i find a stock full rom for USA? seems full package links are dead
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Not sure - never done any full package flashes, only update packages. Pretty sure I've seen a bunch of them around these fourms.
Best of luck - hope you don't have a dead tab.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Not sure - never done any full package flashes, only update packages. Pretty sure I've seen a bunch of them around these fourms.
Best of luck - hope you don't have a dead tab.
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so far it seems i do, tried a update, and still does the same thing
it would be fine if i didnt have a custom boost animation in the system/media
i still have 12 more days warrenty.
is there a way to delete it via computer?
not sure if anyone knew about the hard reset, i contacted acer and played dumb, though i told them what happened.
i was instructed to
Power down the device
hold Vol Up + Power for 3 sec
continue holding Vol up, and keep switch the screen lock back and forth until "erasing cache" comes up on the acer screen
at which point you stop and let it run its course.
said it would take 30 minutes. i fell asleep, 2hrs later i checked it, still same. recontacted acer, another tech said to do the default hard restart with the push pin
worked like a charm
in process of rooting, installing CWM and making backup lol
skullzaflare said:
not sure if anyone knew about the hard reset, i contacted acer and played dumb, though i told them what happened.
i was instructed to
Power down the device
hold Vol Up + Power for 3 sec
continue holding Vol up, and keep switch the screen lock back and forth until "erasing cache" comes up on the acer screen
at which point you stop and let it run its course.
said it would take 30 minutes. i fell asleep, 2hrs later i checked it, still same. recontacted acer, another tech said to do the default hard restart with the push pin
worked like a charm
in process of rooting, installing CWM and making backup lol
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Hello ,
Did have the same problem and solved it by flashing the update.zip found on this site.
I've put it on the root of the SD card , push start and holding vol down , and then perform the update .
Can you explain me tough what you men by " do the default hard restart with the push pin " .
Thanks
BerreZ said:
Hello ,
Did have the same problem and solved it by flashing the update.zip found on this site.
I've put it on the root of the SD card , push start and holding vol down , and then perform the update .
Can you explain me tough what you men by " do the default hard restart with the push pin " .
Thanks
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the reboot is for if it stops responding, like a reset button on a computer. its under the usb port
flashing any update zip didnt work for me
skullzaflare said:
flashing any update zip didnt work for me
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Did you get it from a local retail location? If so, I would just march back there with my receipt and not give too many details - i was working on a picture and it broke and I have no idea what is wrong, etc - they should just give you a new one.
Have you tried clearing the cache? There is a combo with holding power / volume up when booting and using the rotation lock switch, not quite sure how it is done but i think you just hold both and flip the switch like mad - totally sure I have seen the process posted here somewhere.
If you got it via online order, you still should be able to just return it.
Or call acer - they might be able to work some magic.
Best of luck, hope you get it going or at least get a new one. Really sounds like you have a defective unit, I rooted mine the day after I bought it, have had it for nearly two months and multiple rootings/unrootings/rom flashes and have had no issues at all.